Scientists work to define a “habitable zone,” which means that if it’s too close to a star, the water heats and evaporates, and too far, it freezes. Also, the atmospheric conditions need to be just ...

A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are scheduled to begin U.S. Spacewalk 92 early Jan. 30. Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are already scheduled to return to Earth in March after a months ...

A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away.

This raises the tantalizing possibility that we could snap pictures of any aliens lurking there. 'Excitingly, its proximity with us – only 20 light-years – means there is hope for future space ...

(NewsNation) — You might want to keep your eyes on the skies for the next couple of months: Six planets will align in January and February. AccuWeather writes that Saturn, Venus, Neptune, Uranus ...

All month, four planets — Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars — will appear to line up and be bright enough to see with the naked eye in the first few hours after dark, according to NASA.

In the depth of winter, a sweeping view of our solar system will glow in the night sky. In total six planets will be visible, four of them to the naked eye - Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.VIDEO ...

Planetary alignments aren't rare, but they can be when they involve six of the eight planets in our solar system. Look for a planetary parade that includes Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune ...

NASA artist’s conception of a brown dwarf (main) and stock image of the planets in the solar system (inset ... orbits of the inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars), and found that ...